Tailor&#39;s try-on clasp



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TAILORS THY-ONCLASP.

APPL'ICATION FILED 24mm. 1922.

1 ,41 1 65', Patented June 13, 1922.

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FRANK V. MOREN, 0F WEST SPRINGFIELD, hIASSACHUEiETTS.

TAILORS TRY-ON CLASP.

Application filed March 9,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK V. MonnN, a subject to the King of Sweden, residing at West Springfield, county of Hampden, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tailors Try-On Clasps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in tailors try-on clasp for the purpose of temporarily holding or retaining the meeting edges of a garment as a coat in position while the same is being fitted to the person.

Heretofore it has been a common practice for the tailor to use pins for temporarily holding the edges of a garment in position as a coat, while being fitted. This prac tice is objectionable particularly where the material or the cloth i comparatively thick aswhen an overcoat is being fitted.

The present invention comprises broadly a pair of spring actuated pins or prongs that are normally drawn toward each other by means of contraction springs and means operating and separating the prongs when the clasp is used for spacing the distance between the prongs so that it may be applied.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view showing the clasp in place for temporarily holding the meeting edges of a garment together while being fitter.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the clasp, the full lines showing the closed p081 tion and the dotted line the open position when it is applied.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of Fig. 2 and Figs. 4- and 5 are details of the clasp.

Referring to the drawings in detail:

1 and 2 designate parallel bars or side members which are connected together by the bottom plate 3 forming in effect a U- or channel shaped member. 1 designates a pin which extends transversely of the members 1 and 2. 5 and 6 are thumb pieces that are pivotally connected to the membersl and 2 by means of the pins 7 and 8 which pass through the ears 9 and 10. These ears are integral parts of the thumb pieces 5 and 6 and are located on opposite sides of the members 1 and 2 as shown. These thumb pieces extend in opposite directions from the pivots. Their inner ends are connected to the coiled springs 11 and 12 which springs Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 13, 1922.

1922. Serial No. 542,337.

are connected to the pin 4. The normal effeet of these springs is to draw the thumb pieces 5 and 6 inward as shown in full lines in Fig. 2 and against the opposite ends of the pieces 1 and 2. The opposite ends of the thumb pieces 5 and 6 are broadened or have a flattened surface 13 and are engaged by the thumb and finger of the operator when the clasp is used by opening the members 5 and 6 in applying the clasp to the garment. Attached to the inner ends of these members are the sharpened prongs 1 1-. These prongs or needle like members as shown in plan view in Fig. 3 are U-shaped and are securely attached to the pieces 5 and 6 by means of the turned over part 15. These sharp points therefore move with the pieces 5 and 6.

The device is used as follows:

When the garment is being tried on the meeting edges 16 and 17 are placed in the correct position or fitting desired. The operator then opens or spaces the prongs 14- as shown in the dotted line position in Fig. 2 and places the clasp on the edges of the garment. The springs 11 and 12 retract causing the sharp prongs to enter the cloth or fabric and retain the edges of the garment in the position desired, permitting the fitter to mark the cloth in the usual man ner with chalk or other means when the garment is fitted. The pieces 5 and 6 are now opened and the prongs removed from the garment the ends of the members 1 and 2 serve as stops for the inward movement of the thumb pieces.

It is of course understood that the clasp may be made in different sizes for different thicknesses of material. Some of the advantages are that it eliminates the use of pins which are not reliable when the material is thick, also it increases the efficiency of the tailor as they are quickly applied and removed and efl'ectively retain the edges in the positions desired without any displacement.

What I claim is:

1. In a tailors try-on clasp, the combination, of a channel shaped member, a pin located therein, pointed members pivotally connected to the channel shaped member and each normally having a bearing on its respective end of the channel shaped member for limiting its inward movement, springs connecting the pin and pointed members for drawing the pivotal members toward each other and against the ends of the channel shaped member but permitting their separation when the clasp is applied to the meeting edges of a garment as described.

2. In a clasp construction, the combina tion, of a channel shaped member a pin con necting the opposite side members, springs connected to the pin and extending in opposite directions, members pivotally connected to the channel shaped member and to which the outer ends of the springs are connected the ends of the channel shaped member serving as stops to limit the inward movement of the pivotal members, said pivotal memhers having outwardly extending portions for receiving the thumb and finger members.

8. In a tallors try-on clasp, the combination, of a channel shaped member, members FRANK v. MOREN. 

